Where it comes from
Lao Tzu noticed that we shape clay into a pot, but it’s the empty space inside that makes it useful. The same goes for the hole at the hub of a wheel, and the space inside a room.
How to play it
Shape the clay on the wheel. Then fill it.
What it teaches (try it first)
Leaders tend to fill every space: the diary, the silence after a question, the gap in a plan. The empty part is often what makes the rest useful.
Ask yourself. Where have you left room for something you didn’t plan?
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